
- Average Rating:
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- Topic Areas:
- Short Courses | Brief Therapy | Consciousness | Resources | Therapist Development | Unconscious Processes
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2008
- Faculty:
- James Rini | Melissa Rini, MS
- Duration:
- 1:24:29
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 11, 2008
- Short Description:
- Fuzzy Focus is a method that therapists can use to bring about quick and effective results. Fuzzy Focus is a process whereby unconscious resources are accessed by disrupting existing mind-sets, which are keeping alternative frames of reference unavailable. To use Fuzzy Focus effectively, therapists must be grounded with a coherent understanding of human nature and human consciousness. This workshop teaches the participant Fuzzy Focus as well as the theoretical framework needed to use Fuzzy Focus.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price

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- Topic Areas:
- Short Courses | Brief Therapy | Communication | Stress | Therapist Development
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2008
- Faculty:
- Seth Kadish, PsyD
- Duration:
- 1:12:50
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 11, 2008
- Short Description:
- The "Pointing Out Patterns" approach is a three-phase, nine-step process, which addresses the negative patterns of thinking and behavior that cause clients intrapsychic and interpersonal stress. The clinician rapidly observes and reveals these negative patterns, e.g., entitlement, intimidation, people-pleasing, etc., to the client, in a caring, supportive and straightforward manner, and assists the client in quickly diminishing, or eradicating negative patterns of thought and behavior.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price

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- Topic Areas:
- Short Courses | Brief Therapy | Communication | Ericksonian Hypnosis and Therapy Techniques | Hypnosis | Language of Hypnosis
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2008
- Faculty:
- Kate Cohen-Posey, MS
- Duration:
- 1:30:12
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 11, 2008
- Short Description:
- A person may say, "Don't ever . . . lie to me again!" or "You can . . . always tell me the truth." In either case, hypnotic language has been used to evoke undesirable or desirable behavior. This workshop will take Ericksonian linguistic patterns and export them into everyday environments. Exercises, role-plays, and brain storming will show how to make lasting changes in speech habits when addressing resistant family members and co-workers.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price

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- Topic Areas:
- Short Courses | Brief Therapy | Children and Adolescent Therapy | Communication | Metaphors
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2008
- Faculty:
- Marilyn Wedge
- Duration:
- 1:23:15
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 11, 2008
- Short Description:
- The language a therapist uses to conceptualize and treat a problem determines whether or not that problem can be resolved effectively. Plato's story of the cave, where the inhabitants see only shadows, is a useful metaphor for how the language of therapy can generate either confusion or clarity. This workshop will teach a method of effectively treating severe problems of children and adolescents, using an invariant opening question, strategic dialogue and metaphorical techniques.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price

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- Topic Areas:
- Short Courses | Belief Systems | Brief Therapy
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2008
- Faculty:
- John Lentz, D. Min.
- Duration:
- 1:25:53
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 11, 2008
- Short Description:
- This presentation is a brief therapy approach for negative, self-defeating beliefs, designed to assist participants to recognize more of their own strengths. Based partly on Erickson's style of dealing with negative beliefs, this presentation is very respectful and teaches indirect and direct methods. since many of these types of beliefs have a secret that keeps them in place and "the secret" may be none of our business, this approach build this in to be more effective.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
Tags: Belief Systems Brief Therapy

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- Topic Areas:
- Short Courses | Communication | Metaphors | Brief Therapy | Reality Therapy
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2008
- Faculty:
- Robert Wubbolding, EdD
- Duration:
- 1:25:22
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 11, 2008
- Short Description:
- Practicality and usability occupy the center of the reality therapy WDEP process. This workshop emphasizes advanced application through the use of metaphors designed to help clients determine the realistic attainability of their wants and the efficacy of their behaviors. Adrian Monk and Lieutenant Columbo provide assistance to therapist and client as they walk the path, untangle the web, and bring the unknown to light.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price

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- Topic Areas:
- Short Courses | Brief Therapy | Children and Adolescent Therapy | Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) | Ericksonian Hypnosis and Therapy Techniques
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2008
- Faculty:
- Joseph Sestito, MSSA, LISW-S
- Duration:
- 1:28:27
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 11, 2008
- Short Description:
- In this workshop, you will learn about brief Ericksonian and CBT solutions for children, adolescents and the troubled child in you. I have pioneered these over the last decade during which I have done this type of therapy with children and adolescents on a full-time basis, and trained other clinicians working with this population. There are essentially two methods within each session that you conduct with your child or adolescent client which you will learn to do. These can bring back and begin to use immediately in your practice following this conference.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price

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- Topic Areas:
- Short Courses | Brief Therapy | Solution Oriented Approach
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2008
- Faculty:
- Ellen Quick, PhD
- Duration:
- 1:12:06
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 11, 2008
- Short Description:
- "Common factors" or "specific techniques" - what really creates lasting change in brief therapy? This course presents ways of using both components together in a flexible solution-focused approach. Through collaborative conversation, tailored to client preferences, this approach creates positive expectancy, inviting amplification of what works and changing what does not. When more is needed - in the spirit of - "if it doesn't work, do something different" - specific techniques are seamlessly introduced and integrated into solution-focused conversations.
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- $15.00 - Base Price

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- Topic Areas:
- Short Courses | Mind-Body | Brief Therapy | Dysmorphia | Psychology | Weight Loss
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2008
- Faculty:
- Marc Oster, PsyD | Carolyn Sauer, Psy.D.
- Duration:
- 1:24:04
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 11, 2008
- Short Description:
- With the increase in weight loss surgery, both physical and psychological recovery is an important concern and struggle for patients. The focus of this short course will be on both body and "emotional dysmorphic disorder," that is not "seeing" oneself as others do. We will address how brief how brief, effective mind-body approaches can aid in resolving these conditions and enhance lasting recovery. Methods will include counseling, social support, massage, yoga, martial arts, acupuncture and exercise.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price

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- Topic Areas:
- Short Courses | Addiction | Brief Therapy | Communication | Mind-Body | Utilization
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2008
- Faculty:
- Bart Walsh, MSW
- Duration:
- 1:24:25
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 11, 2008
- Short Description:
- This presentation poses a substance abuse treatment which acknowledges and accommodates the personal needs being addressed by substance use, bypasses perceived resistance and employs idiosyncratic psycho-biological learning to achieve a body-mind Gestalt complementary to the client's sobriety. Client self-empowerment and relapse prevention are built into the intervention. This method develops a safe framework for addressing any subsequent mental health themes directly or indirectly related to substance misuse. A simple form of bodymind communication, known as ideomotor questioning, is employed in this procedure. Because this is a new strategy, fundamental information applicable to all levels of professional experience, will be provided.
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- $15.00 - Base Price

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- Topic Areas:
- Short Courses | Autism | Brief Therapy | Children and Adolescent Therapy
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2008
- Faculty:
- Diane Yapko, MA
- Duration:
- 1:29:08
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 11, 2008
- Short Description:
- Clinicians are seeing an increase in the number of individuals they treat that are diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome and they struggle to find effective and efficacious ways to effect change in this unique population of individuals. This Short Course focuses on practical, brief and strategic interventions that can be applied in longer term therapies with individuals diagnosed with Asperger's and other high functioning autism spectrum disorders.
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- $15.00 - Base Price

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- Topic Areas:
- Short Courses | Addiction | Brief Therapy | Habits | Mind-Body | Mindfulness
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2008
- Faculty:
- Mary Augustyn, MS
- Duration:
- 1:16:00
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 11, 2008
- Short Description:
- Stop-Breathe-Focus (SBF) diffuses volatile situations, interrupts addictive/compulsive behaviors, resolves conflicts, facilitates healthy decisions and changes problematic behavior. SBF is useful to make changes quickly, to autopsy previous behaviors and to create a plan for behavior change; all in a simple, easy-to-use package.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price

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- Topic Areas:
- Short Courses | Resistance | Brief Therapy
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2008
- Faculty:
- Consuelo Casula, Dipl. Psych
- Duration:
- 1:29:01
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 11, 2008
- Short Description:
- When a patient shows resistance, the therapist should be a model of resiliency to help transform rigidity into flexibility, pessimism into optimism, and being stuck on the problem into enthusiasm for a solution. Resiliency is the ability to get up after a fall, transform difficulties into challenges and become stronger through pain.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
Tags: Brief Therapy Resistance

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- Topic Areas:
- Short Courses | Addiction | Hypnosis | Trance | Trauma | Brief Therapy | Dissociation
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2008
- Faculty:
- Albina Tamalonis, PsyD
- Duration:
- 1:31:45
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 11, 2008
- Short Description:
- People who are traumatized, and/or have one of the multitudes of addictive disorders are, in great part, dissociated from their physical reality. There is research which indicates that people who exercise are more likely to suffer from less anxiety, pain and depression. This short course offers a practical approach to overcoming people's reluctance to exercise by using active-alert hypnosis and music. By listening to hypnosis with music while exercising, people can alter their perceptions of pain, time, effort and pleasure. The words of the hypnosis are taken from the works of Milton H. Erickson, Jeffrey Zeig, Michael Yapko and Eva Banyai. Their different contributions will be delineated and explained.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price

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- Topic Areas:
- Short Courses | Therapeutic Relationship | Therapist Development | Brief Therapy
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2008
- Faculty:
- Lilian Borges, MA, LPC
- Duration:
- 1:19:50
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 11, 2008
- Short Description:
- This short course will approach therapist sculpting as an experiential tool based on the idea that dynamic experiences precede dynamic understandings. The presenter will offer an integrative approach to problems that is brief, experiential, phenomenological and effective. Therapist sculpting allows the therapist to empathize with the client; helps the client to disengage from the problem and focus on what is important; and helps the client discover new possibilities.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price

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- Topic Areas:
- Short Courses | Logotherapy | Aging and Mortality | Brief Therapy | Existential Therapy
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2008
- Faculty:
- Marilia Baker, MSW
- Duration:
- 1:34:30
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 11, 2008
- Short Description:
- Midlife is a time of intense questioning: "Who am I? What do I really want? Where am I going? Who is going with me?" These are fundamental questions emerging from within, particularly as it refers to re-defining Life's purpose and finding meaningful, lasting solutions for the big questions emerging. This presentation examines archetypal passages and developmental impasses of maturity and aging, and provides generative suggestions to navigate through the challenges. Identifying those developmental impasses in your clients will facilitate building concise, precise, and to-the-point therapeutic interventions.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price

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- Topic Areas:
- Short Courses | Resistance | Brief Therapy | Therapeutic Relationship | Therapist Development
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2008
- Faculty:
- Clifton Mitchell, PhD
- Duration:
- 1:26:07
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 11, 2008
- Short Description:
- Building from the premise that clients are always cooperating and that resistance is created from the interaction style of the therapist, this presentation will present ten foundational principles for managing resistance from a social interaction theory perspective. The primary focus will be on managing resistance at pivotal points in the therapeutic dialogue.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price

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- Topic Areas:
- Short Courses | Ericksonian Hypnosis and Therapy Techniques | Supervision | Brief Therapy
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2008
- Faculty:
- Dale Bertram, PhD | Mike Rankin, LMFT
- Duration:
- 1:24:49
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 11, 2008
- Short Description:
- Competent supervision is necessary for producing skilled clinicians, for resolving difficult situations in the supervisory relationship, and in helping clinicians resolve difficult situations with clients. Several key vignettes will be addressed that involve scenarios that challenge the supervisor-supervisee relationship, create opportunities for building supervisee's clinical competence, and/or involve stuck cases that need to be resolved.
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- $15.00 - Base Price

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- Topic Areas:
- Short Courses | Brief Therapy | Relationships | Children and Adolescent Therapy | Family Therapy
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2008
- Faculty:
- Ramona Garnier, PhD
- Duration:
- 1:25:12
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 11, 2008
- Short Description:
- This presentation addresses the issues of teen anger and "acting out" from a brief therapy approach to treatment. Interventions psychotherapists can integrate into family therapy enhancing parent capabilities and encouraging improved relationships with their teens will be presented. An experiential exercise will be provided helping attendees integrate brief, goal-oriented approaches as well as hypnotic and strategic interventions.
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- $15.00 - Base Price

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- Topic Areas:
- Short Courses | Brief Therapy | Goals of the Therapist | Metaphors | Therapist Development
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2008
- Faculty:
- Christine Guilloux, DESS Psychology
- Duration:
- 55:10
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 11, 2008
- Short Description:
- Subject, patient, client, therapist, teacher, trainer, supervisor, supervised; all of us are shaped from an essence, the stuff we are made of, the hero within. This workshop will offer ways to utilize our hidden heroes in our therapeutic goals for inner change, and help the patient build from the hero within him/herself.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price

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- Topic Areas:
- Short Courses | Metaphors | Trance | Brief Therapy | Communication
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2008
- Faculty:
- Betty Blue, PhD
- Duration:
- 1:10:52
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 11, 2008
- Short Description:
- This course will use theory, clinical examples, techniques, PowerPoint illustrations, quotations and experiential metaphorical fantasy to display how compassionately playful client-therapist interactions can serve to encourage transcendence from suffering, solution expansion and professionally appropriate intimacy while also discouraging states of maladaptive isolation.
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- $15.00 - Base Price

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- Topic Areas:
- Short Courses | Habits | Addiction | Ericksonian Hypnosis and Therapy Techniques | Brief Therapy
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2008
- Faculty:
- Joseph Dowling, MS, LPC
- Duration:
- 1:31:47
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 11, 2008
- Short Description:
- This short course will emphasize a four session smoking cessation model that will provide attendees with an Ericksonian template to be utilized in the treatment of smoking, weight loss, nail-biting, obsessive thinking, compulsive behavior and addictive behavior. An Ericksonian template for habit control can be formulated to the unique symptomology and strengths of each individual client. There will be a detailed discussion of the four session smoking cessation model with case studies, experiential exercises and a live demonstration.
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- $15.00 - Base Price

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- Topic Areas:
- Short Courses | Utilization | Children and Adolescent Therapy | Seeding | Brief Therapy | Positive Psychology | Psychology
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2008
- Faculty:
- Peg LeBlanc, MA
- Duration:
- 1:27:10
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 11, 2008
- Short Description:
- The suggestibility of children provides an opportunity to build the strengths for lifelong mental resiliency. We will explore clinical practices based on research from brief strategic approaches, positive psychology, and the study of resiliency which suggest that long term mental health can be promoted through specific therapeutic approaches in treating children.
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- $15.00 - Base Price

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- Topic Areas:
- Short Courses | Interviewing | Solution Oriented Approach | Brief Therapy | Motivation
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2008
- Faculty:
- Lindasue Marshall, LCSW | Ernest Marshall, MSW
- Duration:
- 1:29:49
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 11, 2008
- Short Description:
- Interventions often fail because the client is not yet truly motivated for change. Motivational interviewing elicits intrinsic motivation and is highly effective in conjunction with Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT). Participants will recognize language demonstrating readiness for change and learn how to integrate SFBT interventions to bring about lasting change.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price

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- Topic Areas:
- Short Courses | Aging and Mortality | Brief Therapy | Grief | Relationships
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2008
- Faculty:
- Kevin Humphrey, MA | Allan Sargent | Marilyn Sargent
- Duration:
- 1:19:57
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 11, 2008
- Short Description:
- Often, "oh, no!" is the first response to loss, be it a wallet, loved one, or dream. Something is gone. What happens next? One could get mired in cultural expectations that there must be denial, anger, depression - or, one can flow through the natural grief sequence to understanding, having appropriate emotions and being proactive. Learn how to get back into balance processing grief with nature's intention - having loving and healthy connections.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price